Disclosure context

About Ransomexx

RansomEXX is a financially motivated ransomware operation that emerged in May 2020, targeting organizations across multiple sectors with a focus on extracting ransom payments through encryption and data theft tactics. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model, with suspected ties to Russian-speaking cybercriminals based on code analysis and operational patterns observed by security researchers. RansomEXX operators typically gain initial access through exploiting public-facing applications, particularly targeting vulnerable VPN appliances and remote desktop services, before deploying their custom ransomware payload which uses strong encryption algorithms and is often preceded by data exfiltration to enable double extortion schemes where stolen data is threatened to be publicly released if ransom demands are not met. The group has been responsible for several high-profile attacks including incidents against government entities and major corporations, with documented cases involving ransoms in the millions of dollars, though specific victim details are often kept confidential by affected organizations. Based on recent threat intelligence reporting, RansomEXX continues to maintain active operations as of 2024, with ongoing campaigns targeting the technology and healthcare sectors primarily in the United States and Europe. The group has been linked to 85 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 14, 2020; most recent post April 17, 2026. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Ransom X, Defray777, Defray-777, Defray 2018.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 2, 2023Bettuzzi And Partners listed by Ransomexxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Legal sector, which has 21 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Bettuzzi And Partners is reported in Italy, a country with 496 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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Studio Bettuzzi & Partners - Dottori Commercialisti

listed as Bettuzzi And Partners · Claimed by Ransomexx · listed 3 years ago

39m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 2, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ransomexx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Legal
Listed on leak site: Mar 2, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Studio Bettuzzi & Partners is an Italian accounting and consulting firm founded in 2005 by Dr. Alvaro Bettuzzi. The firm provides professional services in legal, fiscal, and tax advisory matters at both national and international levels, drawing on accountants, legal specialists, university lecturers, and other expert consultants.

Industry: Accounting & Tax Advisory
Founded: 2005

Attack summary

Severity: high — The firm handles sensitive financial, tax, and legal data for clients at national and international level; the 'data_published' status confirms exfiltration and public release of likely regulated client data, including potential PII and confidential business records.

RansomExx claims to have attacked Bettuzzi & Partners and has published data ('data_published' status), suggesting exfiltration of client and firm records, though no specific data volume or ransom amount has been stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client financial records
Tax advisory documents
Legal consultation files
Corporate accounting data
Internal firm correspondence

What the group claims

Lo Studio BETTUZZI & PARTNERS - Dottori Commercialisti è stato fondato dal dott. Alvaro Bettuzzi, nell'anno 2005, dopo aver maturato significative esperienze nello svolgimento della professione di dottore commercialista. Oltre al contributo del fondatore, lo Studio si avvale della collaborazione di altri dottori commercialisti, di esperti professionisti in altre discipline, di docenti universitari e di specialisti in varie aree della consulenza, soprattutto in materia legale e fiscale, in ambito sia nazionale che internazionale.

Sources

Leak posthttp://rnsm777cdsjrsdlbs4v5qoeppu3px6sb2igmh53jzrx7ipcrbjz5b2ad.onion/37cc0693dc038600083a942455cfee798262f1ce/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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